US Congress Senate Bill 2037 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on June 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands the grant program for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs that benefit Native American students. Under current law, this program only applies to programs that benefit Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. The bill expands grant eligibility to include programs that benefit American Indians. Additionally, the bill authorizes grants under the program for the creation of new programs for the development of Native American STEM professionals. The bill also revises how programs are prioritized for awarding grants. The bill gives priority to programs in which 70% or more of the participants are Native Americans.

Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4222 (Related) 2019-08-30 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2037/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2037/BILLS-116s2037is.pdf